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Re:Uber in India will include rickshaws on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @06:52AM (#9413201)
Penetration of Auto rickshaws in much higher in India and their design make it easy to commute within narrow roads. Good move.
Re:Ask HN: Database of webapps with focus on UI critique on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @05:31AM (#9412984)
I know - startupstash.com and Getapp.com
Re:Google Search Change Tomorrow Could Cause 'Mobilegeddon' on Monday April 20, 2015 @06:23AM (#9407075)
Does this applies to PPC ads too? what if my website is not mobile friendly and google doesn't show me in organic results. Will they be following same for PPC too?
Re:Small Net Neutrality Win in India on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @02:32AM (#9372454)
Wow! finally flipkart too realize the importance of net neutrality. They got effected in a big way.
Re:Internet users send 1.5 lakh e-mail petitions to protect net neutra... on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @02:23AM (#9372432)
This is very much required. We need to guide users on how to send the email with required questions answered to TRAI. I found a useful way of doing this - How to Vote for Net Neutrality in India - http://whatfix.com/#!flows/how-to-vote-for-net-neutrality-in...
Re:How to build a mobile friendly website Part 1 – Laying the foundation on Monday April 13, 2015 @08:28AM (#9367210)
Very important now as from 21st Apr Google is changing it's algo for mobile search. It will only show websites which are mobile friendly. Check your website now - https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/
Re:To Raise Productivity, Let More Employees Work from Home (2014) on Monday April 13, 2015 @08:25AM (#9367203)
Data is very interesting but will it be same for all industries?
Re:Spotify may soon be worth more than $8B on Monday April 13, 2015 @05:27AM (#9366674)
Music brought back Apple to the world and now Spotify. Music is moving, Radio > TV > iPod > Cloud.
Re:Flipkart: Current Situation in India Is Akin to Apartheid in the In... on Monday April 13, 2015 @02:09AM (#9366171)
Response sound very diplomatic. There are references that flipkart paid a lot of money to Airtel for the deal. Let's make sure this thing doesn't happen to Internet. #SaveInternet.
Re:Facebook making its Ads more valuable by tapping on by big advertis... on Sunday April 12, 2015 @01:13PM (#9364010)
Very interesting, identifying users activity using one advertisers data and than giving other advertiser the option to use that data to target the same user. Chain reaction!. What option do advertisers have to save their data?